Franchisee's CSK and Rajasthan Royals had been banned from playing in the IPL for the next two years after they were found guilty of betting, according to a July 2014 judgement. Some players from the banned teams CSK and Rajasthan Royals are likely to be inducted into the new franchises while the rest are likely to go into the auction pool.

Yuvraj and Ishant are the two Indian marquee players after being released by their teams.

Yuvraj attracted the highest bid in the previous auctions so will be desirable while Sunrisers Hyderabad let go of Ishant after he had a forgettable last edition where he picked up one wicket in four games.

"It has been said of the unseen army of the dead, on their everlasting march, that when they are passing a rural cricket ground the Englishman falls out of the ranks for a moment to look over the gate and smile."

Dilbert wrote:teams can only play 4 foreign players. Most of them have 4 slots filled already. What the new teams (esp) need to look out for is good Indian talent. Thats not available for them, so they will suffer.

what this means surely is that young unproven first class cricketers get paid a lot of money to play in the IPL

this could be very very bad for india if its anything like football in england

it means there is a generation of players who get rich very young and think they have already made it as cricketers, consequently they never actually get any better and fail to fulfill their potential